The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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